Polish Applesauce Cake

Use homemade or store-bought apple sauce to make this easy Polish cake. I make applesauce with cinnamon, which then in turn flavors this cake, but if you're using plain applesauce, simply add 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon to the applesauce before spreading over the cake mixture (which is how I have written the recipe).

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 397 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 5 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 3 ¾ cups applesauce
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar for dusting

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch rimmed baking sheet or baking pan and line with parchment paper.

Step 2

Combine butter and sugar in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Step 3

Mix flour and baking powder together in a bowl. Sift gradually into butter mixture, mixing well.

Step 4

Transfer 6 to 8 heaping tablespoons of the cake batter, about 1 cup, to a separate bowl. Mix in milk gradually until batter is creamy and the consistency of pancake batter.

Step 5

Spread thick cake batter into the prepared baking pan and level out with the back of a spoon. Mix applesauce and cinnamon together and spread on top in an even layer. Top with the thin cake batter.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the cake is a deep golden brown, about 50 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar before cutting into squares.